in a flash
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It was over in a flash, with half a dozen songs or so, meaning for the tens of thousands of campers here it was a literal case of if you snooze, you lose.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
But that illusion is impossible if all of space-time occurs in a flash.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026
Last month — to their surprise and seemingly in a flash — Edwards and his wife’s net worth hit $1 million, with home equity accounting for just one-fourth of it.
From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026
The American president is about to appear when the broadcast abruptly cuts off and the room blanks out in a flash of white.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
He went out to her and in a flash she turned him back into his own form and bade him tell Telemachus who he was.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
